Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-09-01

Some Of our home exchanges are do.
ing something in the way of booming
their respective localities. Reno is per.
haps doing more in this line than any
other town in the State. Her papers
are especially active in presenting the
resources and advantages of the town
and it's surroundings. This is not a
difficult task. Toe much can hardly be
said in favor of Reno and the splendid
meadows Of the Truckee. As q matter
of fact, and it may be said without I'M.
due d~isparagement Of any other place,
Reno has q better and brighter future
than any other town in Nevada. The
magnificent water supply afforded by the
Truckee river, together with q fair area
of rich agricultural land, combine to
establish a growth and prosperity
not dependent upon the varying
fortunes of a mining camp. In other
words, Reno is a permanent town,
destined to improve in q thousand ways
with time. Her climate is little, or no
better, than that of many other places
in the State. It is simply the Nevada
climate, which taken the State over, is
the most delightful to be found on the
face of the earth. Eastern people are
rushing to California and giving up their
bottom dollar for climate. In no part or
parcel Of California, from "~Siskiyou to
San Diego, or from the Sierras to the
sea-" as the stump orator would put it,
can a climate be found that will begin to
compare with Nevada's generally. One
yard of ours is worth q mile square OF
theirs, if that is the way they measure
and dispose Of it to the Eastern tender.
foot. The climate of Southern Califor-
MIA is unbearably hot at certain seasons
of the year, and it is a kind Of heat that
is almost as ~enervating and prostrat-
ing as that Of the Mississippi valley.
while in Nevada it is always deliciously
cool and invigorating. One of the most
cultivated and sensible ladies in Ne.
vada, once said to the writer, in speak.
ing to this subject, that to breathe the
atmosphere of Nevada was like drink.
ing champagne. That exactly expresses
the idea. The Nevada climate is q regu.
lar champagne tonic to the weak and
strong alike. But we can't entirely SUBJ
sist On climate. It is q splendid thing
as far as it goes, but we need something
else with il. Those of us who have cast
our lots here, and intend remaining to
the end, have important work ahead
of us.
One of the chief drawbacks to the
State since its earliest settlement has re.
suited from the migratory disposition of
our population. We have lacked in
permanent homes. When our people re.
alize that there is no better place
anywhere and make up their minds to
settle down and begin the work of found.
ing homes for a lifetime. then will Ne.
vada have entered upon an era that
must bring comfort and contentment to
all within her borders. But
must be developed and industries multi.
piled. We must become more and more
an agricultural people. Every drop of
water must be utilized. The rush of
waters that 60 out through the mount
ain canyons at Springtime when the
deep SHOWS of Winter are disappearing,
must be stored in artificial lakes and res.
ervoirs ready for use during the first
months of Summer. Millions of acres
may be brought under cultivation in this
manner Artesian wells will also help
in some localities.
The valley Of the Humboldt alone, with
. proper distribution and outstanding Of
its water resources, 10 capable Of maintain
ing q larger population thar the State
now possesses. Take all Of our large val.
leys, reclaimed and unreclaimed, and there
Ia scarcely q State in the Union that has
more good Agricultural land.
OF course the process Of settlement will
be slow. Nevada 10 to be among the last,
to attract the eye Of the settler. Men not
familiar with the system of irrigation, and
the benefits which accrue from 1t. one
year with another, will naturally drift
elsewhere Is long as Government or low.
priced lands are to be had where irriga-
ton 10 not required. But the limit is
about reached. Lands for homes are grow
ing scare everywhere. The steady march
of empire towards the setting sun, is tax
ing everything in its courss. Nevada's
time will soon come. Indeed II is yirtu-
ally at hand. Refrigeration Ia Q thing
OF the past in this State. We are to have
Q boom and be doomed by everybody, who
becomes acquainted with the advantages
Of the soil and climate Of this hitherto
neglected State. And our mining inter-